Family Builds Tree Top Home in New Jersey Suburb
A German immigrant Daniel Rausch and his family live in a wooden house built around a walnut tree on Katz Avenue in Haledon Hills. With two older sons working in mills, they defend their “castle in the air” despite weather, danger, and limited income.
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Haledon
N.J
Paterson
Jaboper
Ehalee
Rauch
Acarcely
Germany
Li le Frau
Rausch
William Buschmann
Old Henry Place
Katz Avenue
Pompton Road
Haledon Hilla
Buachmann
Pausch
Ballot Print Run Measured In Vast Chicago Election Plan
The article describes Chicago's fall election printing for about 1,126,000 ballots, with 400,000 registered voters, detailing packing, stacking height, and logistics. It notes 2,000 to 2,500 ballot boxes across 1,125 polling places, and references the mayoral era planning by officials including Chief Clerk N. Powell. It also briefly mentions historical notes on bullets and Gould's yacht Niagara diplomacy.
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Pyramids
Washington Monument
Rockies
Masonic Temple
van Buren Street
Chicago
Kansas City
Memphis
Buffalo
St Paul
Qlaritane N. Powell
Planet In Named Gratia Named Hyptis by Discovery
The small planet discovered by M. Coxgla at Marseilles on March 31, 1890, designated No. 444, has been named Hyptis by the authorities.
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Gratia
M. Coxgla
Marseilies
Hyptis
Clock Napoleon Owned Struck by Theft and Recovery
The clock once owned by Dr George Reuling of 103 West Monument Street Philadelphia cost 200 dollars and tolled for the Little Corporal. It was stolen weeks ago from Reuling’s home and later recovered after a long search. Meanwhile a monster turtle weighing seventy two pounds was caught in the bay near Hum mocks by Charles McCarten Roscoe Storey and Harvey Peace, declared genuine by bone experts as a rare southern water species. A Paris expo display recalls Napoleon and Josephine on the eve of the coronation with Emma Janot and the empress in scene, while notes on benevolence discuss genuine charity beyond subscriptions.
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George Reuling
West
Monument Street
Philadelphia
Reuling
Charles McCarten
Roscoe Storey
Harvey Peace
Bouthern
Brooklyn
How They Punish Bad Boys in China Compared to America
A historical account contrasts punishments for Chinese boys with those in the United States. It describes cangues, bamboo rods, and forced labor as common penalties, parental discipline across classes, and harsh public consequences for offenses like theft, gambling, or opium use. It notes how families, schools, and courts shape youth behavior and ends with a mother’s hopeful plea for return.
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China
United States
Hop Lee
Ah Moo
Tonmy Jones
Baimmy Brown
Tommy
Sammy
Reform School
Hoya
Hoo Lee
Empire
Tyler
Tescon
Canton
Hop Yooey
Yoony
Hop
Merle
America
Hongkong
Ani
Queer Bread From Insects To Pine Bark And Stones
A quirky compendium notes bread from insect eggs in Chalco caves to pine bark in Kamchatka and lee lichen flour for bread. It mentions Africa using ground coal casts and stones in famine, England peaweed bread, and YueKeng the Chinese minister near the Arc de Triomphe. Also references Gordon era exploits and Manchu lineage. The text ends with New York election day safety rules.
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Chalco
Kamchatka
Diroh
Africa
England
YueKeng
France
Arc de Triomphe
Gordon
Walking Canes and Crumbling World News Echoes
A jumbled clipping mentions walking canes as a fad in Sicily and Chicago shoppers, then shifts to smallpox fading in Iberia and France. Brooks Adams' theory argues Western power shifts from London to the United States amid industrial change, with exports and technology shaping future trade and infrastructure.
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World
Brooks Adams
Western Hemisphere
England
Hesaya
London
Atlante
United States
Yast
Alexandria
Beypt
Cheboyand
Mich
Claiima
Americn
Winerind
Wirth
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Anda
Daniel Rausch
Chicago News
Amadanagar
Princesa Claude
Selous
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Kashmir
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Cuba
Mashonaland
Gould
Howard Gould
Gotheneburg
Sweden
Marstrand
King Oscar
Mr. Gould
Copenhagen
Napoleon
Palais
Paria
Josephine
Mme Janot
Duchesse d'Abrantes
Tuileries
Notre
New York
Sicily
Sho
Fifth Avenue
Boome
Spain
Portugal
Victoria
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